Interviews

    By Emeka Gbulie   The desperation and rate at which this government is doing everything to save face before election is alarming. This rush we didn’t see after President Buhari spent 6 months before appointing ministers, calls for worry and concern   We cannot make progress as a nation, if we continue to rely on politicians and governments ...

      The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in this interview, spoke on the recent controversies trailing the 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC), the accident-free years in Nigeria and the recent activities of the Consumer Protection Consumers (CPC) in the sector as it relates to protection of air travellers among others. Excerpts:   What is ...

  Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in this interview with journalists, sheds more lights on why the agency automated its car park at the Lagos Airport. Excerpts:   Why FAAN decide to automate the car park at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos? ...

  By Sade Williams   To emphasise the importance attached to the consideration of Nigeria to become the first country to host the annual World Aviation Forum by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to attend the opening ceremony and flag off the event.   The Forum which holds from the 20th to the 22nd ...

  Captain Fola Akinkuotu, the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA was at the just concluded inaugural ICAO Aviation Security Symposium AVSEC 2017 in Montreal, Canada where he shared his opinion that all hands must be on deck to take aviation security to a new level in Nigeria. Excerpts:   What is your idea of aviation security being ...